BJGMC

Byramjee Jeejeebhoy Government Medical College (BJGMC), and Sassoon General Hospitals (SGH)
Jai Prakash Narayan Road, Near Pune Railway Station
Pune, India 411001
www.bjmcpune.org    

 

About:

  • Among the top medical schools in India
  • 200 medical students, 130 residents per year; 50 nursing students per year
  • SGH: State-funded 1500-bed tertiary-care public hospital, 21 outpatient clinics, and links to multiple NGOs in the community
  • JHU partnership established in 1999 for HIV studies; now investigates other infectious diseases, such as tuberculosis, antimicrobial resistance, noncommunicable diseases, and comorbidities 
  • In 2008, JHU field office established at BJGMC Clinical Research Site: 3 full time Hopkins faculty and 20 staff; 150 BJGMC clinical research staff.
  • Clinical research as well as leadership and oversight for clinical rotations and field studies

 

Field Study Administrators:

  • Dr. Vidya Mave, Clinical Research Site Director
  • Dr. Sandesh Patil, Student Coordinator
  • Komal Arora, Senior Financial Administrator
  • Manisha Mhaske, HR Manager

Cryptococcal Meningitis among Hospitalized HIV Patients in India (June 2008–June 2010)

Post Date: 
2008-06-30
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was terminated in 2016. Cryptococcal meningitis secondary to HIV infection is one of the leading causes of mortality from infectious agents worldwide. Recent estimates suggest close to a million infections annually and over six hundred thousand deaths every year. South and Southeast Asia...

The Association of Umbilical Cord Blood IgG Streptococcus pneumoniae and Hemophilus influenzae Antibody Titers with Mortality and Morbidity among HIV-exposed Infants in India

Post Date: 
2007-08-30
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study ended in August 2010. In India, HIV-exposed infants (infants born to HIV-infected mothers), bear a large burden of mortality and morbidity from S. pneumoniae and H. influenzae type b infections. These bacterial respiratory pathogens are responsible for the majority of mortality and...

BWI CTU: Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit

Post Date: 
2007-02-02
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Countries: 
India
United States
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Comprising clinical trial sites at Johns Hopkins Medicine in Baltimore, Whitman Walker Health in Washington, DC, and the BJGMC-CCGHE collaboration in Pune, India, the Baltimore-Washington-India Clinical Trials Unit (BWI-CTU) is one of only 25 international HIV/TB clinical trial sites funded by the...

BJGMC-JHU Fogarty HIV-TB Training Program

Post Date: 
2007-01-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Funded by the Fogarty International Center at the National Institutes of Health, the JHU Fogarty program has nearly 20 years of success with providing training, professional development, and mentorship to clinicians and scientists in low and middle income countries. CCGHE's latest efforts in...

P1060: Phase II, parallel, randomized, clinical trials comparing the responses to initiation of NNRTI-based antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected infants who have not previously received Single dose Nevirapine for prevention of Mother-to-child HIV...

Post Date: 
2006-03-27
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study ended June 28, 2015. This multi-country trial was conducted in India, Malawi, South Africa, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe under the International Maternal Pediatric Adolescent AIDS Clinical Trials (IMPAACT) Network and funded by the U.S. National Institutes of Health...

Mother-to-Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV: India SWEN Study

Post Date: 
2002-06-07
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
This study was officially terminated August 2018. Primary and secondary analyses of the India SWEN study, an NIH-funded phase III randomized controlled trial of an extended nevirapine prophylaxis regimen among 783 HIV-infected pregnant women and their...

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Declining HIV infection rates among recently married, pregnant women in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2007-08-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Background: A single recent study has suggested a decrease in HIV risk for women attending antenatal clinics (ANCs) in southern India. Yet, some have questioned the validity of the Indian national surveillance data and analyses. Previous studies suggest that the only major HIV risk factor for...

Mother-to-child transmission of HIV among women who chose not to exclusively breastfeed their infants in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2007-08-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Indian Journal of Medical Research
Background and Objective: The percentage of HIV cases attributed to mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) has increased several fold in recent years. No reports are available on HIV MTCT rates among HIV-infected choosing not be exclusively breastfeed their infants in India. We examined HIV MTCT...

Post-partum TB incidence and mortality among HIV-infected women and their infants in Pune, India 2002-2005

Post Date: 
2007-07-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Clinical Infectious Diseases
Background: In contrast with many other countries, isoniazid preventative therapy is not recommended in clinical care guidelines for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)-infected persons with latent tuberculosis (TB) in India. Methods: Seven hundred fifteen...

Clinically significant anemia in HIV-infected pregnant women in India is not a major barrier to zidovudine use for prevention of maternal-to-child transmission

Post Date: 
2007-06-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes
Objectives: To determine the prevalence of anemia (serum hemoglobin <10 g/dL) and assess zidovudine use and toxicity in HIV-positive pregnant women in India. Methods: From 2002 through 2006, 24,105 pregnant women in Pune were screened for HIV and anemia. As part of...

Feasibility of voluntary counseling and testing services for HIV among pregnant women presenting in labor in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2005-08-01
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
international Journal of STD &amp; AIDS
Factors affecting the eligibility and acceptability of voluntary counselling and rapid HIV testing (VCT) were examined among pregnant womenpresenting in labour in Pune, India. Of the 6702 total women appearing at the delivery room from April 2001 to March 2002, 4638 (69%) were admitted for...

Making the choice: the translation of global HIV and infant feeding policy to local practice among mothers in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2005-04-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
The Journal of Nutrition
In 2003, India had over 5.1 million infected individuals living with HIV/AIDS. The percentage of all HIV cases attributed to perinatal transmission has been increasing steadily from 0.33% of total cases in 1999 to 2.80% in 2004. Recent statistics indicate that over 130,000 infants have been...

Profile of bone marrow examination in HIV/AIDS patients to detect opportunistic infections, especially tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2005-01-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Morphological evaluation of 140 bone marrow aspirations received in haematopathology laboratory with serologically established HIV infection, along with other relevant special haematological tests, was done during 1st Jan 1999 - 31st Dec 2002 at state government run tertiary care General...

Profile of bone marrow examination in HIV/AIDS patients to detect opportunistic infections, especially tuberculosis

Post Date: 
2005-01-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
iIndian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology
Morphological evaluation of 140 bone marrow aspirations received in haematopathology laboratory with serologically established HIV infection, along with other relevant special haematological tests, was done during 1st Jan 1999 - 31st Dec 2002 at state government run tertiary care General...

Limited evolution in the HIV type 1 pol region among acute seroconverters in Pune, India

Post Date: 
2005-01-15
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Countries: 
India
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Clinical Sites: 
BJGMC
Publication: 
AIDS Research and Human Retroviruses
India has the second largest burden of HIV-1-infected persons worldwide. Access to antiretroviral drugs in India is increasing. We analyzed HIV-1 protease and reverse transcriptase sequences in 12 acute seroconverters from Pune, India, and evaluated HIV-1 evolution in these individuals over...

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